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Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH; Michael D. Maves, MD, MBA

JAMA. 2004;291:109.

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Four years ago, an editorial in THE JOURNAL¹ discussed, among other things, the editorial governance plan for JAMA and explained the role of the Editor-in-Chief, Senior Vice President of Scientific Publications and Multimedia Applications as contracted with the American Medical Association (AMA). However, this JAMA Governance plan, which had been published in 1999,² was never republished in a format reflecting this contracted relationship. Recent inquiries have prompted the need to clarify 2 aspects of the document.

The Editor-in-Chief reports directly to the Executive Vice President (not the Senior Vice President for Publishing and Business Services) only for business and financial operations. The remaining statement, as follows, is unchanged. The Editor-in-Chief will not report to management for any aspect of the editorial content of JAMA or the Archives Journals or other AMA publications under his or her jurisdiction. Editorial independence of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliation: Dr DeAngelis is Editor, JAMA.

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